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Sideways New Zealand

The Road Back

By: Rex Pickett

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From bestselling author Rex Pickett comes Sideways New Zealand, the next delightfully dark and funny novel in the Sideways series. Miles Raymond thought things were going relatively well. Miles, the now iconic alter ego of author Rex Pickett—who was first introduced in the critically acclaimed book Sideways and its award-winning movie adaptation—resurfaces on the South Island of New Zealand. All he has in life is a half hectare of Pinot Noir, a guest cottage where his days are numbered, a special needs cat named Max, and a winemaker partner pressing him for a more committed relationship. These modest assets are balanced by the impending publication of Miles’s new novel, A Year of Pure Feeling. His fledgling publicist has arranged for a book tour that will take Miles along the east coast of New Zealand, from Oamaru to Auckland, to a series of increasingly interesting Kiwi book clubs. In a six-ton camper van! In the winter! Jack Manse, after a divorce and a financial disaster, has reinvented himself and gleefully volunteers to copilot, too delighted at the prospect of a road trip and a reunion with Miles to heed his friend’s objections. Alternately blackly comical and poignantly heartbreaking, what started as a book tour through New Zealand becomes a journey through Miles’s soul.

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Blackstone Publishing

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ISBN 13

9798212180283

Shadow on the Land

By: Rex Trulove

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Shadow on the Land

By: Rex Trulove

Great Read! Book One of the series; Tobon is a Shaman of the great Shaman's keep, charged to use his magic and swordsmanship to protect the lands against evil. A loner by choice, he finds that some tasks cannot be done without the help of those he meets along the way. Darkness is falling on the land, and the Shaman Tobon must find the meaning of the evil and how to combat it. Tobon discovers that to do this, he must do the impossible; unite three of the races, each sworn enimies of the others. But his magic may not be enough. The question is, can he overcome the trials he faces? Can he find the power great enough to overcome the evil?Get your copy now before the price goes up!

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406

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Lulu.com

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ISBN 10

1411607708

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9781411607705

Ten Thousand Campfires

By: Rex Ellis

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Ten Thousand Campfires

By: Rex Ellis

You have probably seen Rex Ellis on TV. He is constantly turning up on the box with his team of camels and his adventurous urban guests hanging on for dear life somewhere in the sandy wastes of the Red Heart, maybe near Birdsville. Or traversing Lake Eyre full of water and pelicans in his beloved tinny. Rex lives a nomadic, desert life out there that you and I can only dream about. For a desert wanderer he is pretty talkative and has a mad sense of humour, but when he does do his block with a recalcitrant safari guest or a stubborn camel, he gets volcanic. Ellis has the knack of extracting the ridiculous or the absurd essence wherever he travels. He is an observer of the human condition, and focuses by inclination on the farcical. Perhaps his lifetime of observing outback wildlife gives him an excellent basis for a comparative study of crazy human behaviour. He has always taken paying guests on his outback adventures, and his colourful and varied descriptions of their shenanigans will bring great satisfaction to the superior armchair adventurer. And of course every evening there is the campfire. Ellis sees the campfire as the quintessence of the freedom of the outback, the relaxation after a hard day’s yakka, the yarn spinning, the chai-yacking and the camaraderie that develops so easily while you all stare at the mysterious, inspiring flames rather than at a mind-deadening TV set. This is the very essence of outback travelling, and Ellis’s highly emotional introduction leaves no doubt about the way he feels about these magic evenings. So, folks, it’s still not too late! If you can’t get out there straightaway, then read the book. Ten Thousand Campfires leaves no doubt that there is still plenty of the real, old-fashioned Australia in the Red Heart and it is pretty easy to distinguish it from what the author refers to as the ‘sanitized’ metropolitan Australia.

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181

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Boolarong Press

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1921920653

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9781921920653

Boats in the Desert

By: Rex Ellis

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Boats in the Desert

By: Rex Ellis

Nowhere else in the world, except outback Australia, would these boat journeys be possible, and noone else in Australia except Rex Ellis would operate them. When it comes to outback travel, the safari guide makes an art form out of making the seemingly impossible, possible. Not content with running exciting four-wheel safaris to every corner of the outback, and cris-crossing the deserts with his camel expeditions, his desert boat safaris often defy description. ... These are his favourite safaris ... ."--Back cover.

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151

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Boolarong Press

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1921920645

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9781921920646

Gunner at Large

The Diary of James Wood R.A. 1746-1765

By: Rex Whitworth

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Gunner at Large

The Diary of James Wood R.A. 1746-1765

By: Rex Whitworth

James Wood was one of the first trained at Woolwich and served successively as a Volunteer, Mattross, Cadet, Cadet Gunner and Fireworker in France, the Low Countries, Scotland and India.

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197

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Pen and Sword

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0850528844

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9780850528848

The Attraction of the Contrary

Essays on the Literature of the French Enlightenment

By: Walter E. Rex

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The Attraction of the Contrary

Essays on the Literature of the French Enlightenment

By: Walter E. Rex

The essays in this 1987 volume examine the ideas of contrarity and other kinds of polar opposition in French literature of the eighteenth century.

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267

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Cambridge University Press

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0521333865

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9780521333863

A Woman's Place

By: Rex Denver Borough

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A Woman's Place

By: Rex Denver Borough

Should a woman become the President of the United States?

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392

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America West Publisher

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1880988003

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9781880988008

All You Wanted to Know about 18th Century Royal Navy

By: Rex Hickox

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All You Wanted to Know about 18th Century Royal Navy

By: Rex Hickox

This book is chock-full of info about the 18th Cent. Royal Navy. It answers many questions about the sailors, officers and their living conditions. It explains how the flags of Great Britian evolved and their protocol. One chapter is on 18th century medicine, & the beliefs of that period, plus it contains an excellent glossary of medical terms (41 pages), and one of nautical expressions. For anyone interested in 18th Century Sailing Ships, this book will be a welcome addition to your library

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165

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Lulu.com

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1411630572

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9781411630574

Points of View

By: Rex Murphy

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Points of View

By: Rex Murphy

His millions of fans will hear Rex's voice in every line of this wide-ranging selection Rex Murphy left his outpost home in Newfoundland to go to university at the age of 15. Since that time (including a spell at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar) he has been writing and talking. His skills in that area have made him Canada’s most-watched TV commentator – with an opinion spot on CBC-TV’s “The National” – while his speeches have earned standing ovations from coast to coast. And, always, his audience wants to know “When will you put this in a book?” The answer is “NOW.” Here, Rex has selected the best from thirty years of writing and speech-making – a variety that reveals the range of his mind. Here you’ll find tributes to people as apparently unlinked as Joey Smallwood and William Shakespeare; book reviews that turn into instructive essays about other places in other centuries; hard-hitting attacks on politicians and other malefactors that will have you cheering as you read; hilarious satires on human folly; and gentle memories of Newfoundland and its people. You will close this book with a sense of a wide-ranging intelligence and fascinating mind at work. From the Hardcover edition.

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M&S

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0771065272

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9780771065279

A Gipsy of the Horn - Life in a Deep-Sea Sailing Ship

By: Rex Clements

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A Gipsy of the Horn - Life in a Deep-Sea Sailing Ship

By: Rex Clements

This vintage book offers a glimpse into the sea-faring lifestyle of times past with an authentic account of a life lived at sea. Retold with the lucidity and fondness that can only belong to one who has lived it and loved it, “A Gipsy of the Horn - Life in a Deep-Sea Sailing Ship” is highly recommended for readers with an interest in the history and development of sailing. Many old books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing “A Gipsy of the Horn” now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on sailing.

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Read Books Ltd

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1528761170

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9781528761178

Book's by Rex A. Barrell

Sideways New Zealand

Sideways New Zealand

Shadow on the Land

Shadow on the Land

Ten Thousand Campfires

Ten Thousand Campfires

Boats in the Desert

Boats in the Desert

Gunner at Large

Gunner at Large

The Attraction of the Contrary

The Attraction of the Contrary

A Woman's Place

A Woman's Place

All You Wanted to Know about 18th Century Royal Navy

All You Wanted to Know about 18th Century Royal Navy

Points of View

Points of View

A Gipsy of the Horn - Life in a Deep-Sea Sailing Ship

A Gipsy of the Horn - Life in a Deep-Sea Sailing Ship

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